Surge arrester insulating spacer device

ABSTRACT

An assembly for mechanically protecting and electrically insulating metal oxide varistor disks from the generally cylindrical inner wall of a porcelain housing of a surge arrestor. Each assembly comprising a flat metal disk having a diameter less than that of the inner wall of the housing and a plurality of resilient, electrically non-conductive spacer members mounted around the periphery of the disk for supporting the disk vertically in the housing.



